The American Supreme Court /

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Main Author: McCloskey, Robert G. (Robert Green)
Other Authors: Levinson, Sanford, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010
Edition:5th ed
Series:Chicago history of American civilization
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Table of Contents:
  • The genesis and nature of judicial power
  • The establishment of the right to decide : 1789-1810
  • The Marshall Court and the shaping of the nation : 1810-1835
  • The court under Taney : the natural history of judicial prestige
  • Constitutional evolution in the Gilded Age : 1865-1900
  • The judiciary and the regulatory state : 1900-1937
  • The court and postwar America : 1937-1959
  • Civil liberties, civil rights, and the Supreme Court
  • Judicial monitoring of the new American welfare state
  • Epilogue: the court of today and the lessons of history